First printed in Murders at Karlov Manor (2024)
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Creature — Vampire Assassin
Flying
Ward—Sacrifice a creature.
Whenever a creature dies, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
"I'm afraid your investigation has reached a dead end."
6/5
- Illustrated by
- Bastien L. Deharme
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders
Ruling (1)
- If Vein Ripper dies at the same time as one or more other creatures, its last ability triggers for each of those creatures.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
161 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Gravecrawler + Vein Ripper + Warren Soultrader
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + Vein Ripper + Warren Soultrader
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Forsaken Miner + Vein Ripper + Warren Soultrader
- Destroy all creatures opponents control, Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control…: Nest of Scarabs + Vein Ripper + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
- Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Pawn of Ulamog + Vein Ripper + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Forsaken Miner + Phyrexian Altar + Vein Ripper
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Vein Ripper + Warren Soultrader (+ 1 other requirement)
- Near-infinite lifeloss, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Tombstone Stairwell + Vein Ripper
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Phyrexian Altar + Timeline Culler + Vein Ripper
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Vein Ripper + Warren Soultrader